The California Mid-State Fair and the Downtown Paso Robles Main Street Association presented their annual free pancake breakfast on Thursday morning for hundreds of locals to enjoy.

A crew of volunteers led by 89-year-old Lester Rougeot of Paso Robles served up more than 3,600 scrambled eggs, 20 cases of sausages and several thousand pancakes. The fair pays for the food. Rougeot and his son, Chester, coordinated the volunteer cooks. Lester has helped cook the fair breakfast since its inception 21 years ago.

Tickets to the annual breakfast were handed out for free from participating downtown merchants.